Adrian, Thanks for the help. Your how-to has opened a whole new world of productivity for me!
By the way, although your instructions were pretty clear, I didn't initially see the Choose button (it's on the right in the middle of the same dialog in the OPERATIONS section), but once I figured that out, the rest of it was a breeze. (More here http://www.oxygenxml.com/doc/ug-oxygen/dg-author-settings.html#dg-configuring-actions-menus-toolbar ) (Yes, having a button already preconfigured would be helpful). One question: I don't fully understand the implications of creating a duplicate Document Type association. Where do these customizations go? And do they migrate during upgrades? rj On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 5:10 AM, Adrian Buza <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello, > > First, you don't have to go to Text mode just to input a few elements, you > can already do this in Author mode. > Press Enter(or Ctrl+Space) at the appropriate location in the editor and a > small window appears with the list of elements that can be inserted at that > location. You can filter the elements in this list by typing the starting > characters of the element you are looking for. > e.g. press Enter when the caret is inside a "para" element, then type 'ind' > and the list is filtered and the only visible element in the list remains > "indexterm". Press Enter on that element and it will be inserted in the > editor and the caret will be positioned inside it. Press Enter again and you > can simply navigate with the arrow keys and choose "primary" > > Second, the actions you see on the DocBook toolbar can be configured and > customized. So if you want you can create your own custom action that > introduces an "indexterm". > This isn't that difficult to do: > > 1. Go to Options -> Preferences -> Document Type Association, select the > DocBook 4/5, Edit it, you will be asked if you want to duplicate it, say > Yes. > 2. In the Document type editing dialog go to the 'Author' tab from the tab > group located below, and from the list from the left click on Actions. > 3. You should see a list of actions, add a new one(+ sign). > 4. In the action editing dialog, specify an ID, and a name, a description > could also be useful. > 5. Press the Choose button from the row with the label "invoke the > operation" > 6. From the Operation list choose either InsertOrReplaceFragmentOperation or > SurroundWithFragmentOperation. The main difference is that the former > operation will replace the selection while the latter will surround it with > the fragment provided. > 7. Edit(double-click) the fragment argument from the argument list and type > there the fragment you want to insert. > e.g: > <indexterm xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook";> > <primary></primary> > <secondary></secondary> > </indexterm> > Note: xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook"; is needed for DocBook 5 > 8. Back in the Document type editing dialog select Toolbar from the list on > the left in the same Author tab. > 9. Select your action from the list of 'Available actions' on the left and a > destination in the 'Current actions' tree on the right(will be added after > it if it's an action) and press the 'Add as sibling' button between the > lists. > 10. OK in all dialogs and you should already see the action you just added > on the toolbar when you open a Docbook document. > > Let me know if you need further information. > > Regards, > Adrian > > Adrian Buza > Oxygen XML Editor support > > Robert Nagle wrote: >> >> I have been using Author XML for months now to make a docbook book. >> Really loving it. It's very powerful and makes me productive. >> >> However, I am surprised to find that there's not a Docbook toolbar >> button or context menu option to create an indexterm element. An >> indexterm is necessary to build a decent index for your book. >> http://www.docbook.org/tdg5/en/html/indexterm.singular.html >> >> usually it looks like this: <indexterm> <primary>Abraham Lincoln >> </primary> <secondary>Gettysburg Address </secondary> </indexterm> >> >> I am having to drop out of Author mode into XML mode to add >> <indexterm> every two paragraphs or so. >> >> Am I missing this feature or is it something which the developers just >> haven't gotten around to yet? >> >> Thanks. >> >> Robert Nagle >> _______________________________________________ >> oXygen-user mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://www.oxygenxml.com/mailman/listinfo/oxygen-user >> > > -- Robert Nagle 12777 Ashford Point Dr #1417 Houston, Texas 77082 713 893 3424 htpt://www.robertnagle.info _______________________________________________ oXygen-user mailing list [email protected] http://www.oxygenxml.com/mailman/listinfo/oxygen-user
